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G. Llv REYNOLDS.

' CHAMBER PAIL.

Patnted. Fabi.. 19,y 1884-..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. REYNOLDS, OE ORANGE VALLEY, NEW JERSEY.

CHAMBER-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,912, dated February 19, 1884.

Application filed December 1B, 1883. (Model.) v

To all whom t may' concern: j

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Orange Valley, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chamber'- Pails; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledfin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciiication, and in 'which- Figure l is a perspective view of the upper portion of a chamber-pail provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the rubber gasket, showing it broken off at one end and in section at the other end.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to elastic gaskets adapted to be slipped upon the downwardlyprojecting iiange of the lid or cover of a vessel; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such-a gasket especially adapted for chamber-pails or similar vessels, which it is'desired to close air-tight, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a portion of the pail, the upper edge,

B, of which is preferably rounded, and C is the cover, having the usual downwardly-projecting ange, D, inside the overhanging edge E, which is provided with laterally-projecting lips F,- which may catch under inwardly-bent lips G upon the top of the pail.

H isthe gasket, which is shown in its normal position-i. e., in its position off the flange of the cover-in Fig. V3; and it consists of two flanges, I and'J, standing at right angles to eachother, the one I projecting horizontally inward in its normal position, while the other, J, projects vertically downward, and tapers slightly toward its outer edge. When the gasket is slipped upon the downwardly-pro- A j ecting iiange of the cover, the flange I, which, in'its normal condition, projects horizontally and inwardly, will' be brought in a position pointing downward, and the iiange J of the gasket, which normally projects downward, will project outward, as shown in Fig. 2; and it will be seen that the normally inner, now the lower, edge of the liange I, being distended when 'put on, will draw tightly around the iiange of the cover, and that likewise the normally lower, now the outer, edge, J, of the liange J, by being distended in its abnormal horizontal position, will be drawn slightly downward, (see Fig. 2,) thus bringing it to bear against the top of the pail, when the cover is in position, aiding in making the cover t air-tight, the iiange I being wedged in between the downwardly-proj ecting ange of the cover and the rounded edge of the pail.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. lIhe hereindescribed gasket, consisting of a flange projecting inward and a tapering downwardly-projecting iiange, both iianges being at right 4angles to each other, the said gasket beingadapted to be slipped with its normally inwardly-projecting flange over. the downwardly-projecting flange of the cover of a vessel, with its normally'downwardly-projecting iian'ge projecting outward, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a-chamber-pail or similar vessel, the combination of a cover having a downwardlyprojecting flange and an outwardly-proj ecting edge, with a gasket slipped with its normally inwardly-projecting ilange upon the downwardly-projecting ange of the cover, and with its normally downwardlyprojecting flange projecting outward and slightly downward beneath the outwardly-projecting edge of the cover, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature 

